03-29-2008, 10:41 AM
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Engineering first
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Real Name: Bob
Location: Huntsville, AL
Hybrids: Prius Classic 03
Posts: 4,377
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Not a hybrid subject: diesel
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=67880
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On Thursday, March 27, at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky. Delaney and other Daimler executives addressed skepticism raised by competitors over the company’s plans to use selective catalytic reduction to meet 2010 Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards. The company’s brands include Freightliner, Western Star, Sterling and engine maker Detroit Diesel.
Emissions reduction addresses both human stewardship and business needs, Delaney said, and SCR is best suited for both goals. “It flat-out needs to be done,” he said.
Citing respiratory health problems linked to diesel exhaust, Delaney said Daimler’s road-proven BlueTec SCR system would deliver on the responsibility to reduce total emissions “to the lowest possible level ... But we also have a goal to provide truckers sound business solutions and to produce the most fuel-efficient trucks on the road.” The BlueTec SCR system, he said, would allow both goals to be achieved.
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I bring this up because there seems to be an anti-hybrid bias by diesel advocates, which I don't understand. To me diesel engines and hybrid transmissions are like bread and butter, they go best together. Toss a turbo-charger on them and we should have the best of the best.
Bob Wilson
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